diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 4525ed2613f03..555adeb70e36b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -221,6 +221,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           make crosslink
           git diff --exit-code || (echo 'Replace statements are out of date, please run "make crosslink" and commit the changes in this PR.' && exit 1)
+      - name: tidylist
+        run: |
+          make tidylist
+          git diff --exit-code || (echo 'Tidylist is out of date, please run "make tidylist" and commit the changes in this PR.' && exit 1)
       - name: Check for go mod dependency changes
         run: |
           make gotidy
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 946dfc81c04ac..96b578ca4e477 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -114,9 +114,23 @@ stability-tests: otelcontribcol
 gogci:
 	$(MAKE) $(FOR_GROUP_TARGET) TARGET="gci"
 
+.PHONY: tidylist
+tidylist: $(CROSSLINK)
+	cd internal/tidylist && \
+	$(CROSSLINK) tidylist \
+		--validate \
+		--allow-circular allow-circular.txt \
+		--skip cmd/otelcontribcol/go.mod \
+		--skip cmd/oteltestbedcol/go.mod \
+		tidylist.txt
+
+# internal/tidylist/tidylist.txt lists modules in topological order, to ensure `go mod tidy` converges.
 .PHONY: gotidy
 gotidy:
-	$(MAKE) $(FOR_GROUP_TARGET) TARGET="tidy"
+	@for mod in $$(cat internal/tidylist/tidylist.txt); do \
+		echo "Tidying $$mod"; \
+		(cd $$mod && rm -rf go.sum && $(GOCMD) mod tidy -compat=1.22.0) || exit $?; \
+	done
 
 .PHONY: remove-toolchain
 remove-toolchain:
diff --git a/internal/tidylist/allow-circular.txt b/internal/tidylist/allow-circular.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..26b23b684f539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tidylist/allow-circular.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# This file lists modules that are known to have intra-repository circular dependencies.
+# The `make tidylist` command will check against this list and error out if circular dependencies
+# are accidentally added or removed.
+
+# exporter/datadog <-> connector/datadog
+exporter/datadogexporter
+connector/datadogconnector
+
+# receiver/otelarrow <-> internal/otelarrow <-> exporter/otelarrow
+receiver/otelarrowreceiver
+exporter/otelarrowexporter
+internal/otelarrow
diff --git a/internal/tidylist/tidylist.txt b/internal/tidylist/tidylist.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bb3c37414ac73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tidylist/tidylist.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
+cmd/githubgen
+cmd/opampsupervisor
+cmd/telemetrygen
+internal/common
+cmd/telemetrygen/internal/e2etest
+confmap/provider/aesprovider
+confmap/provider/s3provider
+confmap/provider/secretsmanagerprovider
+pkg/pdatautil
+pkg/golden
+pkg/pdatatest
+internal/coreinternal
+pkg/ottl
+internal/filter
+connector/countconnector
+internal/aws/ecsutil
+internal/k8sconfig
+internal/metadataproviders
+pkg/resourcetotelemetry
+pkg/xk8stest
+processor/k8sattributesprocessor
+pkg/core/xidutils
+pkg/sampling
+processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor
+processor/resourcedetectionprocessor
+internal/pdatautil
+processor/transformprocessor
+internal/docker
+receiver/dockerstatsreceiver
+extension/storage
+pkg/stanza
+receiver/filelogreceiver
+pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata
+receiver/hostmetricsreceiver
+pkg/translator/prometheus
+pkg/translator/prometheusremotewrite
+exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter
+receiver/prometheusreceiver
+pkg/datadog
+processor/tailsamplingprocessor
+exporter/datadogexporter
+connector/datadogconnector
+exporter/datadogexporter
+connector/exceptionsconnector
+connector/failoverconnector
+connector/grafanacloudconnector
+connector/otlpjsonconnector
+connector/roundrobinconnector
+connector/routingconnector
+connector/servicegraphconnector
+connector/signaltometricsconnector
+connector/spanmetricsconnector
+connector/sumconnector
+examples/demo/client
+examples/demo/server
+exporter/alertmanagerexporter
+exporter/alibabacloudlogserviceexporter
+internal/aws/awsutil
+internal/aws/cwlogs
+exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter
+internal/aws/metrics
+exporter/awsemfexporter
+pkg/translator/jaeger
+pkg/translator/zipkin
+exporter/awskinesisexporter
+exporter/awss3exporter
+internal/aws/xray
+exporter/awsxrayexporter
+exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter
+exporter/azuremonitorexporter
+exporter/bmchelixexporter
+exporter/carbonexporter
+exporter/cassandraexporter
+exporter/clickhouseexporter
+exporter/coralogixexporter
+exporter/datadogexporter/integrationtest
+exporter/datasetexporter
+exporter/dorisexporter
+exporter/elasticsearchexporter
+extension/storage/filestorage
+internal/sharedcomponent
+pkg/translator/opencensus
+receiver/opencensusreceiver
+exporter/opencensusexporter
+exporter/prometheusexporter
+internal/splunk
+pkg/batchperresourceattr
+exporter/sapmexporter
+pkg/translator/signalfx
+exporter/signalfxexporter
+exporter/syslogexporter
+receiver/zipkinreceiver
+exporter/zipkinexporter
+receiver/carbonreceiver
+internal/exp/metrics
+receiver/datadogreceiver
+receiver/jaegerreceiver
+receiver/sapmreceiver
+receiver/signalfxreceiver
+exporter/splunkhecexporter
+extension/ackextension
+receiver/splunkhecreceiver
+receiver/syslogreceiver
+testbed/mockdatasenders/mockdatadogagentexporter
+testbed
+exporter/elasticsearchexporter/integrationtest
+extension/encoding
+extension/encoding/otlpencodingextension
+exporter/fileexporter
+exporter/googlecloudexporter
+exporter/googlecloudpubsubexporter
+exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter
+exporter/honeycombmarkerexporter
+exporter/influxdbexporter
+internal/kafka
+pkg/batchpersignal
+pkg/kafka/topic
+exporter/kafkaexporter
+exporter/kineticaexporter
+exporter/loadbalancingexporter
+exporter/logicmonitorexporter
+exporter/logzioexporter
+pkg/translator/loki
+exporter/lokiexporter
+exporter/mezmoexporter
+exporter/opensearchexporter
+internal/grpcutil
+receiver/otelarrowreceiver
+internal/otelarrow
+exporter/otelarrowexporter
+receiver/otelarrowreceiver
+internal/otelarrow
+exporter/otelarrowexporter
+receiver/otelarrowreceiver
+exporter/pulsarexporter
+internal/rabbitmq
+exporter/rabbitmqexporter
+exporter/sematextexporter
+exporter/sentryexporter
+exporter/stefexporter
+extension/sumologicextension
+exporter/sumologicexporter
+exporter/tencentcloudlogserviceexporter
+extension/asapauthextension
+internal/aws/proxy
+extension/awsproxy
+extension/basicauthextension
+extension/bearertokenauthextension
+extension/cgroupruntimeextension
+extension/encoding/avrologencodingextension
+extension/encoding/jaegerencodingextension
+extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension
+pkg/translator/skywalking
+extension/encoding/skywalkingencodingextension
+extension/encoding/textencodingextension
+extension/encoding/zipkinencodingextension
+extension/googleclientauthextension
+extension/headerssetterextension
+extension/healthcheckextension
+pkg/status
+extension/healthcheckv2extension
+extension/httpforwarderextension
+extension/jaegerremotesampling
+extension/oauth2clientauthextension
+extension/observer
+extension/observer/cfgardenobserver
+extension/observer/dockerobserver
+extension/observer/ecsobserver
+extension/observer/ecstaskobserver
+extension/observer/hostobserver
+extension/observer/k8sobserver
+extension/oidcauthextension
+extension/opampcustommessages
+extension/opampextension
+extension/pprofextension
+extension/remotetapextension
+extension/sigv4authextension
+extension/solarwindsapmsettingsextension
+extension/storage/dbstorage
+extension/storage/redisstorageextension
+.
+internal/aws/containerinsight
+internal/aws/k8s
+internal/aws/xray/testdata/sampleapp
+internal/aws/xray/testdata/sampleserver
+internal/collectd
+internal/kubelet
+internal/sqlquery
+internal/tools
+pkg/translator/azure
+pkg/translator/azurelogs
+pkg/winperfcounters
+processor/attributesprocessor
+processor/coralogixprocessor
+processor/cumulativetodeltaprocessor
+processor/deltatocumulativeprocessor
+processor/deltatorateprocessor
+processor/filterprocessor
+processor/geoipprocessor
+processor/groupbyattrsprocessor
+processor/groupbytraceprocessor
+processor/intervalprocessor
+processor/logdedupprocessor
+processor/logstransformprocessor
+processor/metricsgenerationprocessor
+processor/metricstarttimeprocessor
+processor/metricstransformprocessor
+processor/redactionprocessor
+processor/remotetapprocessor
+processor/resourceprocessor
+processor/routingprocessor
+processor/schemaprocessor
+processor/spanprocessor
+processor/sumologicprocessor
+receiver/activedirectorydsreceiver
+receiver/aerospikereceiver
+receiver/apachereceiver
+receiver/apachesparkreceiver
+receiver/awscloudwatchmetricsreceiver
+receiver/awscloudwatchreceiver
+receiver/awscontainerinsightreceiver
+receiver/awsecscontainermetricsreceiver
+receiver/awsfirehosereceiver
+receiver/awss3receiver
+receiver/awsxrayreceiver
+receiver/azureblobreceiver
+receiver/azureeventhubreceiver
+receiver/azuremonitorreceiver
+receiver/bigipreceiver
+receiver/chronyreceiver
+receiver/cloudflarereceiver
+receiver/cloudfoundryreceiver
+receiver/collectdreceiver
+receiver/couchdbreceiver
+receiver/elasticsearchreceiver
+receiver/envoyalsreceiver
+receiver/expvarreceiver
+receiver/filestatsreceiver
+receiver/flinkmetricsreceiver
+receiver/fluentforwardreceiver
+receiver/githubreceiver
+receiver/gitlabreceiver
+receiver/googlecloudmonitoringreceiver
+receiver/googlecloudpubsubreceiver
+receiver/googlecloudspannerreceiver
+receiver/haproxyreceiver
+receiver/httpcheckreceiver
+receiver/huaweicloudcesreceiver
+receiver/iisreceiver
+receiver/influxdbreceiver
+receiver/jmxreceiver
+receiver/journaldreceiver
+receiver/k8sclusterreceiver
+receiver/k8seventsreceiver
+receiver/k8sobjectsreceiver
+receiver/kafkametricsreceiver
+receiver/kafkareceiver
+receiver/kubeletstatsreceiver
+receiver/libhoneyreceiver
+receiver/lokireceiver
+receiver/memcachedreceiver
+receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver
+receiver/mongodbreceiver
+receiver/mysqlreceiver
+receiver/namedpipereceiver
+receiver/netflowreceiver
+receiver/nginxreceiver
+receiver/nsxtreceiver
+receiver/ntpreceiver
+receiver/oracledbreceiver
+receiver/osqueryreceiver
+receiver/otlpjsonfilereceiver
+receiver/podmanreceiver
+receiver/postgresqlreceiver
+receiver/prometheusremotewritereceiver
+receiver/pulsarreceiver
+receiver/purefareceiver
+receiver/purefbreceiver
+receiver/rabbitmqreceiver
+receiver/receivercreator
+receiver/redisreceiver
+receiver/riakreceiver
+receiver/saphanareceiver
+receiver/simpleprometheusreceiver/examples/federation/prom-counter
+receiver/simpleprometheusreceiver
+receiver/skywalkingreceiver
+receiver/snmpreceiver
+receiver/snowflakereceiver
+receiver/solacereceiver
+receiver/splunkenterprisereceiver
+receiver/sqlqueryreceiver
+receiver/sqlserverreceiver
+receiver/sshcheckreceiver
+receiver/statsdreceiver
+receiver/systemdreceiver
+receiver/tcplogreceiver
+receiver/tlscheckreceiver
+receiver/udplogreceiver
+receiver/vcenterreceiver
+receiver/wavefrontreceiver
+receiver/webhookeventreceiver
+receiver/windowseventlogreceiver
+receiver/windowsperfcountersreceiver
+scraper/zookeeperscraper
+receiver/zookeeperreceiver
\ No newline at end of file